1stpersonsingular | timeline.

1869, Alain is born.
1874, Germaine is born.
1892, Raquel and she "break up".
1893, Germaine publishes her first book and Raquel gets married.
1894, Germaine's parents are killed in a carriage accident.
1895, Germaine publishes her second book and Alain gets married to Jeanne.
1897, Germaine publishes her third book and Alain gains a seat in the city council. He soon stonewalls her writing career with her usual publisher.
1898, Germaine publishes her fourth book with the help of her mentor.
1900, Germaine publishes her fifth book, also with the help of her mentor. ( DEFAULT CANON POINT )
1904, Germaine hasn't been able to find anyone willing to publish her writing under her own name since then and has spent four years journaling extensively, preparing to write her personal manifest.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Faithless, a novel. 1893. 109 pages. The story of two girls, bosom buddies, who believe in the same story of guardian angels, but as they grow older, only one retains the belief, while the other outgrows it and resultantly, they outgrow each other. The girl who did not give up her faith is visited, in the end, by her guardian angel.

Brother, an essay. 1895. 52 pages. An intimate essay portraying the loss of her parents and the transition of her brother's role in her life from a distant older brother to an almost fatherlike figure.

Sister to Sister, a novel. 1897. 176 pages. An experimental novel, weaving together letters from various girls in a group of friends, supporting each other throughout their late teens and early twenties, as they get married, and don't get married, have children, and don't have children, love men and don't love men. The novel, upon release, created an uproar in her local community.

Nouveau, letters, published under the pseudonym "Thomas Robin". 1898. 75 pages. Letters from Germaine to her mentor, M. Blanchet over a period of six months. Pastorale motifs about the château the author lives in, grape harvest and wine production, as well as the little intrigues in the community she's part of. An undercurrent theme about writing practices.

Futur Proche, an essay, published under the pseudonym "Thomas Robin". 1900. 34 pages. An essay tackling the transition from one century to another, the hopes people nurse for the future and the fears they carry with them. Structured around a "the worst/the best that could happen" model.

Frater Germanus, an essay. 1905. 51 pages. Germaine's personal manifest and memoirs, chronicling her experience of being put under her brother's legal guardianship and their relation in the wake of this, as well as her open criticism of how Alain has tackled this custody of her. A call for women's liberation and independence.